Process of mixing minerals and metals with molten metal.



S. BOG'GS.4 PROCESS 0F MIXING MINERALS AND'META'LS WITH MOLIEN METAL. APPLIGAmoN-HLED AJULY 2s, 1913,

1,083,724. Patented Jan.6,1914,

f f- @im xg@ To all t may concern:

.sxiuEL I.. noses,- or rITTsBURmI, PENNSYLVANIA.

rnocass or MIXNG MINERALSIAND METALs WITH MoLTnN METAL.

f- Speication of Letters Patent.

' rateatea aan. e, 1914.

Application med my 23, 1913. serial No.' 780,689.

Be it ln'iwn Athat I, SAMUEL. Bones,l a

y `resident of Pittsburgh, in the count-y of Allegheny'f'gand- State of Pennsylvania, and a citizen' of the United 4vStates, have Invented a new and useful Improvement in Processes of Mixing Minerals and Metals withMolten Metal; and I d'0 hereby declare the follow? ing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof. Y

My linvention relates to themixing ofminerals and -metals with molten metal and 'more particularly to the mixingand utiliza- :tion of blast furnace, smelter and other iue dusts, also metals and minerals whereby they are introduced into the extreme hot molten metal in the spout of a blast or other fur.-`

nace' as it leaves the same so that the liue dust, metal or mineral will adhere to the hot molten metal and thus be' conveyed in and around -a mixing chamber or lad'lfe by gravity, the air blast and the action'of the heat so that it is immersed and absorbed by the molten' metal in the mixing chamber or ladle and will form a homogeneousmixture -or mass with the metal in said chamber. The finished metal is removed from the furnace by a spout while the slag is removed from another spout.

The process combines blast furnace, smelter and other iue dusts, also metals and minerals, with the metal or mineral in a furnace spout outside of the flli-rnace so that they may be run into a mixing chamber or ladle and the mixture made and at the sanle operation the slag removed.

The object of my inventionv is to provide i a cheap, simple and efficient process and apparatus for mixing and utilizing blast furnace, smelter and other 'flue dusts, and also mixing metals or minerals with metal by the utilization of its own Aheat after it leaves the furnace. v

My invention consists, generally stated, in the novel process arrangement, construction and combination of parts as hereinafter -more specifically set forth and described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

To enable othersskilled in the art to which my invention vappertains to use my apparatus and practise my improved process I will describe the same more fully referring to the accompanying ,drawing'in which z- Figure l is a slde elevation, partly in secl tion, of an apparatus employed for carrying put my improved process. Fig. 2 is a perspective lcross-sectional view of the furnace spout on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Like symbols of. reference herein indicate like parts in each ofthe gures of the draw- 1n0". It is a well known fact that a large percentage of theore deposited in blast and other furnaces passes from the same in the form of dust which when recovered representsa very great amount of the finished metal so. that numerous devices and processes have been devised for utilizing these*A Waste dusts such, for instance, as briqueting but 'this process re uires the resmelting of the ,dust and which is eliminated.

As illustrated in the drawing my improved process and apparatus are shown in connection with a blast furnace but can be used with other furnaces as desired. The

blast furnace 14 is provided with-the usual y my improved process y spout'2 for emptying said'furnace of the liquid metal 3 and such spout is open at its upper side as shown in Fig. 2. Located above the spout 2 is a tank 4 which is used for holding ore-dust, metals or minerals2 and such tank is provided with a'n outlet p1 e 5 at its l'ower end for permitting the ust, metals or minerals to pass from the same as hereinafter described. This pipe 5 is provided with a gate valve 6 at any suitable position within the length of the same while the lower end of'such pipe is so placed as to deposit the dust, metals or minerals inA the spout 2 of the furnace 1.

At the side of the furnace 1 is a mixing vessel 7 which is open at its upper end and formed of the usual brick construction used in this class of work. The wall 8 `0f the mixing vessel 7 is provided with watervjackets 9 which have the usual inlet and out pipe 10 and 11 respectively for the water while'at a point ,near the lower .end' of such vessel is a spout l2 for allowing molten metal to flow therefrom as later explained. This vessel 7 is further provided with an opening 13 located above the spout 12 forthe purpose ofwithdrawing from the surface of the molten metal 3 any slag which might accumulate thereon. Around the mixing vessel 7 is a bustle pipe '14 which communicates with any suitable supply of blast and such pipe is adapted t`o also communicate with a number 0f twyers 1 5 in the wall 8 of the said vessel -in order to supply blast to the same as later explained.

' or mineral in the tank 4vis `allowed to ow' A spreader may bev placed at theend of the ofv the molten'v metalv besides assist thi-oughthepvpe 5 and onto the' molten metal 3 in the spout .2. `If desired a sprayer orpipe 5 to prevent the dust, metal or mineral from entering the spout2 in any compact mass.r4 As the 'liquid or molten metal 3 thus passes from the spout 2 into the milling.

vessel 7 litw'ill fall and penetrate the surface of the metal already in such vessel so. as to. keep u-p a good circulation therein' and thus combine the ore dust, etc., with the liquid material.l The blast entering the vesself'? will alsotend tomaintain the-,temperature A'I'nate'rially inthe confusion or' mixing o'f t emetal and dust in saidllvessel. The molten metal will be drawn from the spout A-12 inpreeisely the same amounts: as thefmetaljenterin the vessel from the. spout 2 so that there l al-f -waysbe a uniform height'of 'metal in the vessel while the vspout 2 is delivering the molten metal from the-furnaee'l.

vste ",mo ten metal as it leaves the furnace spoutl fand Hows into a vessel where its inertia mixes the whole together, and then introduc- 'ingblastto 'the-molten metal in said vessel -to 'assisti'n the mixingfand to maintain the It will also he'seen that my-lmprovedprocess can be carried on by allowing the molten metal to flow from a ladle or other container .in precisely .the same manner-,as it flows from l 'thespout of the furnace.

- It -will thus loeseen that with the use of my improved process and apparatus the ore dstymetals or minerals can be mtroduced into the li uid metal while the same is flowing from t efurnace provided enough mixing can be -groduced to scatter the same 4thorouglilyt .rough the molten mass. This is accomplished by the fall of the molten metal into the vessel and may be assisted by the action of the blast.

What I claim as myinvention and' desire tot-secure by! Patent is The"prcess of mixing iue dust o r other i fines with` molten metal, comprising the.

of first introducing the dust into the lrequired temperature.

r In testimony. 'liereo Ithe said SAMUEL LBees, have hereunto set my hand..

SAMUEL Lioees.v

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